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PEER

And the worms are squabbling for rags and clouts.

THE MAN IN MOURNING

That's the end of the ditty; it's over and done.

PEER

All the ditties end just alike;
and they're all old together; I knew 'em as a boy.

A LAD OF TWENTY [with a casting-ladle].

Just look what a rare thing I've been buying!
In this Peer Gynt cast his silver buttons.

ANOTHER

Look at mine, though! The money-bag bought for a halfpenny.

A THIRD

No more, eh? Twopence for the pedlar's pack!

PEER

Peer Gynt? Who was he?

THE MAN IN MOURNING

All I know is this:
he was kinsman to Death and to Aslak the Smith.

A MAN IN GREY

You're forgetting me, man! Are you mad or drunk?

THE MAN IN MOURNING

You forget that at Hegstad was a storehouse door.

THE MAN IN GR